You Already Are
Disclaimer: Even now, after all this time wishing and hoping… I still don't own Drake & Josh.
Rated: K+ I guess.
Word Count: 434
Summary: Drake answers a question that Josh didn't even ask "When will I be loved?" Short little drabble. If you squint you can almost see the slash.
A/N: Hello, it's me. I know this is just a little drabble and doesn't mean anything, but it is something. The song is "When Will I Be Loved". It was in the movie Cocktail. It is by The Everly Brothers. It came on my iTunes this morning and well, here we are. I hope someone can enjoy this. I apologize it isn't a more in depth piece. I'm feeling a bit rusty.
Josh and Mindy had broken up again. This time it was for good, or at least they both said. Josh knew in his heart it was the final time. He couldn't go through with it again. He decided to drown his sorrows in homework and music. Not the music he normally listened to, no, the kind his mother used to listen to when he was a child and she and his dad would argue.
He just wanted to be alone to wallow in his heartache and self pity. He just wanted to be alone without Drake yammer on and on about how he's better off and he can find someone else. Josh hated when Drake would say that.
He didn't want anyone else. He just wanted to be loved. He wanted someone to love him for him. He wanted someone to love that he loved what he loved. He loved Oprah and magic. He loved working at the Premiere. He loved… well, he would stop there. It made sense why Mindy kept breaking up with him if he continued the thought.
"When Will I Be Loved" blared from the stereo on repeat. He was alone in the room he shared with his stepbrother. He was alone and he loved it. He hated it. He was depressed and homework wasn't helping.
Drake burst in the room. "Oh God, not again" he rolled his eyes.
"What are you doing here?" Josh asked.
"I'm bringing my homework home" Drake smiled. He threw his books on the couch.
"Right" Josh said.
"So, you okay?" Drake asked. He knew that song and knew it well. Josh played it everytime he and Mindy broke up.
Josh nodded. He didn't want to talk about it. He just wanted to be depressed.
"Good." He said. He walked to the door and opened it. "Josh" he paused briefly, "Look, I just want you to know" he sighed and smiled. The line "when will I be loved" just finished. He walked over to Josh and put his hand on his shoulder. "You already are" he said and then quickly made his way back to the door and walked out.
Josh looked at the door as if Drake would walk back in and explain himself. Josh knew though, that that would never happen. Drake complicated his life and now felt he complicated it even more. He did notice, however, that he wasn't as depressed as before and maybe things would start to look up.
He turned the song up and kept it on repeat for another fifteen minutes; this time for a different reason.